Rules for Using Linguistic Elements of Speech
A Resource and Interactive Workbook
Marjorie Feinstein-Whittaker and Lynda Katz Wilner
Accent Improvement for Nonnative English Speakers
RULES is an innovative, comprehensive, cutting-edge approach to accent
modification designed for intermediate to advanced students. RULES takes training to the
next level for academic/professional excellence and career advancement.
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Through a Teacher's manual for classroom use and student workbooks for independent work, RULES addresses 23 critical and frequently confused rules - stress and intonation, pronunciation, and grammar.
ISBN Numbers:
RULES Teacher's Edition ISBN#: 0-9717038-3-3
RULES Student Workbook ISBN#:
0-9717038-2-5
RULES Audio CD Program ISBN#: 0-9717038-4-1
RULES Student Package (book and audio) ISBN#: 0-9717038-5-X
- Field-tested with students and clients in the business/financial, high-technology, scientific and medical professions
- Incorporates vocabulary development activities into many of the units
- Includes rules for pronunciation of compound nouns, phrasal verbs, adjective + nouns, proper nouns, heteronyms, acronyms and initializations, syllable and sentence stress, numbers, reflexive pronouns, voicing and syllable length, linking, /t/ variations, Y-insertions, syllable reductions, past tense endings, -s endings, consonant blends and clusters, articles and demonstrative pronouns, and prepositions.
- Provides a comprehensive unit for practical activities designed for small
groups incorporating the featured stress, intonation, and grammar rules.
1:1 distance training with the author. Click for details.
